Why do we clip tobacco seedlings?
Clipping is more than just trimming leaves: it prepares strong, uniform and healthy seedlings for transplanting.
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Zimbabwe · Tobacco & sesame contract farming
Fine leaf, grown in Zimbabwean gold.
Leafyard partners with over 3,000 growers across Zimbabwe’s tobacco regions, supplying inputs, agronomic support and transport, and buying their crop at our floors in Harare, Rusape and Karoi.
Contract farming, Farm inputs, Agronomic services, Tobacco transport, Buying floors: Harare · Rusape · Karoi, Sesame contract farming
About Leafyard
Contract farming that sees the whole season through
Contract farming is our core business. We see farming as a system of inputs, processes and outputs, so we support our growers at every stage: from the inputs that start the season, through agronomic advice in the field, to transporting the crop to our buying floors.
Alongside flue-cured Virginia tobacco, we also contract climate-friendly small grain crops, in particular sesame.
What our growers receive
- Inputs: seed packs, fertilisers and chemicals
- Agronomy: an experienced field team in every tobacco region
- Transport: our own trucks from farm to floor
- Market: buying floors in Harare, Rusape and Karoi
Growing every season
Leafyard in figures
Our 2024–25 tobacco season went well beyond our five-million-kilogram target.
7M kg
Flue-cured Virginia tobacco bought in 2024–25
3,000
Contracted tobacco growers
3
Buying floors: Harare, Rusape & Karoi
400+
Tonnes of sesame seed exported over two seasons
What we do
Support from seedbed to sale
Farm inputs
Seed packs, fertilisers and chemicals delivered to our tobacco and sesame growers at local disbursement points.
Contract farming
Agronomic services
Our field team brings years of tobacco experience to every growing region, from seedbeds to curing.
Agronomy
Transport
A fleet of trucks ferries tobacco from the growing areas to our floors, and sesame to collection points.
Transport & buying
Sesame
Contract farming of sesame, a climate-friendly small grain crop, for over 2,000 sponsored growers.
Sesame farmingSeed to sale
The Leafyard season
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1
Contract
Sign up and receive your inputs combo.
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2
Grow
Seedbeds, clipping and field visits from our team.
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3
Cure & grade
Cure, sort and tie uniform hands.
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4
Bale
Pack standard bales with a baling box.
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5
Sell
We transport your crop to our floors.
Grower tips & news
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From the leaf desk
Tying hands: neat, firm and standard-sized
Neat, firm, standard-sized hands (kusunga madhuku) enhance your tobacco’s value and attract better prices.
Read more Tying hands: neat, firm and standard-sized
Baling your tobacco to market standards
Use a baling box to get the required 86 × 61 × 61 cm bale and present your crop well…
Read more Baling your tobacco to market standardsGrow with Leafyard this season
Talk to us about a tobacco or sesame contract, farm inputs, or selling your crop at our Harare, Rusape and Karoi floors.